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Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit grant-making organization. For more than half a century it has been a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide, guided by its goals of strengthening democratic values, reducing poverty and injustice, promoting international cooperation and advancing human achievement. With headquarters in New York, the foundation has offices in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Russia.
MEDIA: An ever-growing array of media platforms―from newspapers and television to cell phones and the Internet―saturates our lives in profound ways. Within this continually shifting technological landscape, the Ford Foundation supports organizations working to ensure that today’s media systems contribute to a better-informed citizenry, encourage public participation in civic life and offer inclusive and accessible space for analytical and creative expression. The Foundation’s work seeks to promote freedom of expression and strengthen substantive journalism that addresses important civic and social values. Ford Foundation grantees support public policies that encourage media systems to serve and be accessible to the public’s diverse constituencies, interests and civic needs.